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Local shares fell for a second consecutive session on Thursday (Jun 19), after US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell warned of “meaningful” inflation ahead, as consumers are expected to…
A subsidiary of South Korean home-appliance maker Cuckoo Holdings is set to go public in Malaysia after a scaled-down offering that is expected to raise RM395 million (S$119.4 million).…
Earlier this year, I learned that Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg were all now worth something well north of $200 billion. The news item I encountered noted that in all three…
Extreme levels of heat and humidity are forecast to spread across the country over the next two weeks, blanketing the Southwest, Midwest, and East Coast with high temperatures beginning…
More than $60 billion of investment will be spent by Texas Instruments to build and expand seven semiconductor factories in the United States, creating more than 60,000 jobs in the…
The New Republic recently commissioned a poll asking Americans for their opinions on wealth distribution in the United States. In short, we found that people feel strongly that the…
The demographic breakdown on these questions is revealing, particularly when it comes to partisan affiliation: 56 percent of Republicans think the top 0.1 percent should own 20 percent or…
Olin was radicalized in 1972 when the Environmental Protection Agency, created just two years earlier, issued regulations tightening production of the pesticide DDT, of which the Olin…
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But the Trump administration wants to keep coal power alive, and the US Department of Energy recently ordered some plants to stay open past their scheduled closures. Here’s why there’s a…
Following the unanimous approval by Lancaster County commissioners of a 304-megawatt solar plant outside Lincoln, one of the largest in the state, local opponents appealed. The project’s…
For all the panic in Washington about inflation, the federal deficit, and the mounting cost of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the United States has been quietly racking up exorbitant…
In the lobby of Christ for the Nations Institute in early 2024, a mural read, “Everyone ought to pray at least one violent prayer each day,” a quote from the institute’s founder. On a…
Indonesia’s central bank intervened in the foreign exchange market in a measured way on Thursday (Jun 19), an official said, after the rupiah had fallen to a one-month low against…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced striking questioning from Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday. She grilled him on whether he had given an order allowing members of the…
[JAKARTA/SINGAPORE] Singapore-based Grab’s plan to acquire Indonesia’s GoTo to create a dominant South-east Asian ride hailing and food delivery company has run into regulatory hurdles,…
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) cut its interest rate to zero, seeking to deter investors from pushing up the franc. The quarter-point reduction on Thursday (Jun 19) is the sixth consecutive…
Asia exports slump as shipments to China, Japan and Hong Kong plunge by double digits in latest data Swiss watch exports dropped by almost 10 per cent in May led by a slump in…
Insurers in Singapore are not following Great Eastern’s footsteps to suspend pre-authorisation certificates for admission into Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital.…
All flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali resumed on Thursday (Jun 19) after being cancelled or delayed due to eruptions of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, officials said.…
South-east Asia’s biggest budget airlines are pursuing a bruising capacity expansion race despite rising cost pressures that are squeezing profitability and led Qantas Airways to shut down…
The Vietnamese dong fell, dropping below a record low it touched in April, as Asian currencies declined following a report that the US is preparing for a possible strike on Iran.…
It is the seventh consecutive issuance since Mar 26 for which yields have declined The cut-off yield on Singapore’s latest six-month Treasury bill (T-bill) inched down to 2 per cent, based…
